Hospital infections: pathogens, diseases long shared on unclean scopes and other medical instruments

Posted by friimedical at Mar

On the medical device known as an endoscope, a tiny camera sits at the end of a long black tube. In routine medical procedures like endoscopies and colonoscopies, the camera peeks into cavities in internal organs, checking for growths and spotting potential problems. But lately it’s the scope itself that seems to be the problem [...]